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2007-06-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Mike 2007-06-26 14:52|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Saywhat?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-06-26 15:04|| 2007-06-26 15:04|| Front Page Top

#2 the regime blames both a small Arab-speaking separatist group from Ahvaz and the Wahabbis -the religious sect that Ben Laden belongs to- for the killing.

Kewl! Best news in ages. Let's get the suicide artists clusterf*cking the terrorist indoctrinators. Talk about a win-win!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-26 15:11|| 2007-06-26 15:11|| Front Page Top

#3 summary for #1

Somebody offed a big Mullah in Iran. Said Mullah was a member of the Arab speaking minority (in the southwest) but was pro-regime anyway. The regime is blaming Arab seperatists (who are real unpopular in Iran) but the author of the article hints strongly thats not who did it, theres a more widespread campaign of unrest.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-06-26 15:33|| 2007-06-26 15:33|| Front Page Top

#4 We are not not killing mullahs...

Posted by CIA">CIA 2007-06-26 15:41|| 2007-06-26 15:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Who knew? Holy men ventilate just as easily as us plebes...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-26 15:55|| 2007-06-26 15:55|| Front Page Top

#6 But we ARE.

Posted by NSA, Mossad, Shin Bet, MI5 2007-06-26 15:59|| 2007-06-26 15:59|| Front Page Top

#7 --The regime is blaming Arab seperatists (who are real unpopular in Iran) --

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

If it's good for the Philippines......and Chechnya.......and China...........

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-06-26 16:38|| 2007-06-26 16:38|| Front Page Top

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"No comment and don't quote me. I was not here and this conversation did not happen. I do not exist."

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-26 16:50|| 2007-06-26 16:50|| Front Page Top

#9 #7 --The regime is blaming Arab seperatists (who are real unpopular in Iran) --
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but they will become less unpopular if they are known to be successful at Cleric Whacking

Posted by mhw 2007-06-26 16:53|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-06-26 16:53|| Front Page Top

#10 This is very interesting. It suggests that the Iranian agenda has it's opposition. Even though said opposition is on the decline.
I'm sure if they look closer, they will find evidence that Joooos where in the neighborhood.

Posted by wxjames 2007-06-26 17:21|| 2007-06-26 17:21|| Front Page Top

#11 It doesn't get a lot of press in the West, but assasinations have long been a feature of the Iranian opposition.

Posted by phil_b 2007-06-26 17:24|| 2007-06-26 17:24|| Front Page Top

#12 I think Mookie al Sadr did it. He's got a history of whacking senior Shia clerics to free up ladder rungs for himself.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-26 17:24|| 2007-06-26 17:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Now what is the etymology of assassin?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-06-26 17:28|| 2007-06-26 17:28|| Front Page Top

#14 The term 'Assassin' is thought to be derived from its connections to the Hashshashin, a militant religious sect of Ismaili Muslims, thought to be active in the Middle East in the 8th to 14th centuries. This mystic secret society killed members of the Abbasid elite for political or religious reasons.

It was said that they were drugged during their murders, often with materials such as hashish and opium. The name assassin is derived from either hasishin for the supposed influence of the drugs, and disregard for their own lives in the process, or hassansin for their leader, Hassan-i-Sabah.

Today, it is known that hashishinnya was an offensive term used to depict this cult by its Muslim and Mongolian detractors; the extreme zeal and cold preparation to murder makes it unlikely they ever used drugs. As far as is known they only used daggers, rarely survived their attacks, even when successful (unlike in many tales, where they are silent, invisible killers)[citation needed] and it seems that they rarely acted against westerners during the Crusades, partly because the crusading orders were not as affected by losing individual leaders as were the autocratic local regimes of the time.[3]

But I suspect you knew, NS!

Posted by Bobby 2007-06-26 17:40|| 2007-06-26 17:40|| Front Page Top

#15 Colonel Flagg: "I am the wind"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-06-26 17:52|| 2007-06-26 17:52|| Front Page Top

#16 "Hashashin" means: hashish eaters. Assassin cultists - young unconnected males - were indoctrinated in lush gardens, in order to give them a feel of Muslim heaven, which would be a reward for commission of murder, mutilation and torture on earth.

Posted by Pheang Jones9468 2007-06-26 19:08|| 2007-06-26 19:08|| Front Page Top

#17 This site says Saymary openly opposed the Wahabists. The killing may have more to do with the Saudis than the Iranians.

Posted by lotp 2007-06-26 19:28|| 2007-06-26 19:28|| Front Page Top

#18 I think Mookie al Sadr did it. He's got a history of whacking senior Shia clerics to free up ladder rungs for himself.

He's just antsy about qualifying for the executive dental benefits plan.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-26 19:48|| 2007-06-26 19:48|| Front Page Top

#19 Is it too late to take credit for this operation?

Posted by Halliburton - Band of Thugs Division 2007-06-26 20:03|| 2007-06-26 20:03|| Front Page Top

#20 Well done HBoT Division. Regards HRSEG Division

Posted by Halliburton - Remote Seismic Event Generation Division 2007-06-26 20:07|| 2007-06-26 20:07|| Front Page Top

#21 "Sometimes a Muzzy assassination is a Muzzy assassination." - S. Freud, Vienna, 1932

Posted by Sigmund Freud 2007-06-26 20:42|| 2007-06-26 20:42|| Front Page Top

#22 I think the author is hinting that the Iranian government routinely kills its own citizens for its own reasons and then blames a believable opposition group. Although the actual case may be different, the writer's implication is clear to me. You would think that a theocracy wouldn't need firearms and brassknuckles to get the job done. Maybe Ussia is a theocracy also.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-06-26 23:26|| 2007-06-26 23:26|| Front Page Top

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